Cameroon: Extrajudicial executions in North and far-North Provinces

Index Number: AFR 17/016/1998
Date Published: 1 December 1998
Categories: Africa, Cameroon

This document gives details of the increasing number of extrajudicial executions carried out by the security forces in Cameroon who, since March 1998 have been carrying out a special operation to crackdown on armed robberies in the region. They appear to be operating outside the law without any accountability to the judicial authorities.